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Landrum, Florida

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34452. The Survey maps it on the Lecanto quadrangle.

Landrum within Citrus County

Then and now

1895 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Landrum, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Landrum, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Landrum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,691 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 28 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural51
Arson/incendiarism28
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSINGLE PINE (09)
14 September 2018Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCROSSROADS (09)
14 September 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKICKOFF (09)
5 August 2006Natural7.5 acresFlorida Forest Service09/WINDROW FIRE/0856
5 August 1996Natural17 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Landrum: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Florida Rock Industries - Diamond HillLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Brooksville MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Unnamed Fullers Earth ProspectFullers EarthOccurrence
Unnamed Fullers Earth ProspectFullers EarthOccurrence
Storey Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Aggregate PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Landrum in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015LightningLandrum$173,000A newspaper reported that a lightning strike caused a fire to a home in Hernando. The residents were not home, and fire crews quickly put out the fire, however, the newspaper reported that damage was estimated at $172,750.

Every storm recorded in Citrus County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Catawba4.6 miles15
Big Hammock (historical)4.7 miles25
Floral City4.7 miles14
Jumeau4.8 miles14
Inverness6.3 miles24
Sugarmill Woods6.6 miles15
Pineola7.5 miles14
Arlington8.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295402. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.